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13 original illustrations by artist Yitzchak Pressburger. Sketch for "Kippur"; portfolio consisting of 40 lithographs related to Yom Kippur, colorful illustrations which depict the service of the High Priest in the Temple on this day, as well as ornamented texts from Seder Ha'Avoda liturgical poem. Publication of Shaarei HaBayit, Jerusalem, 1986. Illustrations and sketches using mixed-media painting technique (pencil colors, pastel and acrylic on paper): • Six 30X40 cm. Illustrations (attached to paper: 35X45 cm.). Signed and dated, 1986. • Nine text leaves accompanying illustrations. Gluing of scraps of paper and colorful ornaments. Design of letters decorating text performed by Moshe Ariel. 35X45 cm. Printing instructions appear on leaf margins. • Five 51X65 cm. illustrations. Signed. Dated 1986. • Two 40X50 cm. illustrations. Signed and dated 1986. Yitzchak Pressburger (b. 1933), native of Pressburg, immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1947 on the "Exodus" ship that transported Jewish emigrants from France to British Mandatory Palestine. Settled in Kfar Ruppin (Ruppin Village) and studied art in Avni Institute of Art and Design. In 1964 he immigrated to France and studied in National School of Fine Arts in Paris. In 1979, after becoming religiously observant, returned to Eretz Israel with his family. Attached are brochures for ordering of portfolio as well as leaf consisting of preface with quotation from Psalms 122 (English and French), apparently from original portfolio. Good condition.

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Keter Aram Tzova - Facsimile edition of the Scroll of Ruth (Megillat Ruth) from Keter Aram Tzova - the most important manuscript of the Bible saved after the Aleppo pogrom against the Jews in 1947, and smuggled to Eretz Israel. Signed and numbered edition. Published by Y. L. Magnes, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Copy no. 4 of only four copies! Elaborate facsimile faithful to the original source, printed on parchment. Introductory page in Hebrew, [4] facsimile pages. Red leather binding. Matching box. Excellent condition. The profits from the sale of this item will be donated to charity, to a recognized non-profit organization chosen by the buyer according to the following specifications: If the item is sold for the opening price, 20% will be donated to charity. Any amount above the opening price will be entirely donated to charity.

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Keter Aram Tzova - Facsimile edition of the Book of Psalms of Keter Aram Tzova - the most important manuscript of the Bible, part of which was saved after the Aleppo pogroms against the Jews in 1947, and smuggled to Eretz Israel. Signed and numbered edition. Published by Y. L. Magnes, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Copy no. 4 of only four copies! Elaborate facsimile faithful to the original source, printed on parchment. Introductory page in Hebrew, [29] facsimile pages. Red leather binding. Matching box. Excellent condition. The profits from the sale of this item will be donated to charity, to a recognized non-profit organization chosen by the buyer according to the following specifications: If the item is sold for the opening price, 20% will be donated to charity. Any amount above the opening price will be entirely donated to charity.

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Printed emissary letter in Italian for the emissary of the Hebron community Rabbi Chaim Avraham Ze'evi. [Livorno, 1784]. Italian. Printed on both sides. The name of the donor Emanuel Roseli is added by hand. The first part is a translation of the emissary letter from the Hebron community written in the month of Sivan 1782 signed by Hebron Torah scholars: Rabbi Mordechai Rubio, Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Gometz Pato, Rabbi Mordechai Gedalya, Rabbi Refael Shabtai HaCohen, Rabbi Yissachar Chason. Rabbi Nissim Avraham Bejayo and Rabbi Menachem Chaim Ze'evi. At the top of the letter, the Hebron sages mention another emissary who was sent ten years earlier on behalf of the Hebron community, Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai - the Chida. This letter is followed by printed letters of authorization by the "Hebron officials" in Constantinople, from the month of Adar Aleph 1783 followed by a letter of recommendation by the Chida who was a close friend and relative of Rabbi Chaim Avraham Yisrael Ze'evi, which the Chida wrote in Livorno in Cheshvan 1784. Apparently, this leaf was printed that same year since we know that in that same year another version of this leaf was printed in Livorno in Hebrew, the original language in which the letters were written. Rabbi Chaim Avraham Yisrael Ze'evi, one of the Hebron sages, was sent twice as emissary of the city of Hebron to Europe. The first time (1774-1778) he traveled to Ashkenazi countries and the second time (1782-1789), also to Italy. In his first journey, he stayed in Amsterdam where he met his friend the Chida who also was traveling on behalf of the city of Hebron. Throughout Rabbi Ze'evi's stay in Amsterdam the two were loving companions and operated together as described at length by the Chida in the journal of his travels Ma'agal Tov, "...I have found that which my soul loves, the perfect Torah sage Rabbi Avraham Ze'evi... because he is humble and G-d fearing and because he knows me he honors me greatly... and day and night we spent together...". This letter was written for Rabbi Ze'evi's second journey as emissary when the Chida was staying in Livorno, and he added his approbation to the emissary letter. [2] pages. 32 cm. Good condition, folding marks. Stains.

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• Regulations for limits of "luxuries", Mantua, 1765. Large printed proclamation. • Poem in honor of the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph the First, in honor of his visit to Italy. Padua, 1856. Sheet uncut during printing, with the poem written in Hebrew and Syrian (in the booklet that was published, the poem also appears in German and Italian). • Prayer for the Jews of Mantua to be said in the morning and evening...for the success of the army of our Master... Emperor Giuseppe II [ Joseph the Second, Caesar of the Holy Roman Empire]... who is at war with the Tugarma kingdom [Turkey]. They have begun to recite this prayer on Rosh Chodesh Adar Sheni 1788. After the Shmoneh Esrei they shall say Psalm 21...". [Mantua], 1788. Printed leaf. Total of 3 items. Varied size and condition (Overall good condition).

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Two printed proclamations of Seder HaPragmatika - for limiting "luxuries" in the Mantua community. Regulations of modesty, dress, jewelry and food. One is from 1723. Printed signatures of the city rabbis: Rabbi Shimshon Cohen Modon and Rabbi David ben Rabbi Azriel Pintzi. The second is from 1792. Printed signature of Rabbi Yisrael Gedalya, son of Rabbi Moshe Kazis. Two proclamations, approximately 53 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Restored tears.

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"To our dear brothers" - Printed letter by the Ga'on Rabbi Shmuel Salant, announcing the appointment of "famous righteous Ga'on Rabbi Eliyahu Dovid Rabinowitz-Teomim - who was selected as per my request on behalf of the genius Torah giants of Russia... to assist and succeed me in the leadership of my holy congregation of the Ashkenazi Prushim...". Jerusalem, Iyar 1901. With the personal stamp of Rabbi Shmuel Salant. Ga'on Rabbi Eliyahu Dovid Rabinowitz-Teomim - the Aderet (1845-1905) Av Beit Din of Ponevezh, Mir and Jerusalem. Famous from childhood as exalted genius. Appointed to rabbinate of Ponevezh at a very young age. After approximately twenty years relocated in order to serve as chief rabbi in Mir, from where he was summoned by the elderly rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Shmuel Salant, to immigrate and serve as chief rabbi in the Holy City. Approximately three years after accepting the position he passed away (in the year 1905 at the age of sixty), during lthe ifetime of Ga'on Rabbi Shmuel Salant, who passed away in 1909 at the age of almost one hundred. 30 cm. leaf. Good-fair condition, stains and folding marks.

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Blessing for the New Year - printed letter by rabbis of Poland-Warsaw Kollel, containing dozens of printed signatures, beginning with signatures of Rabbi Moshe Yehudah Leib Av Beit Din of Leczna and Rabbi Menachem Natan Auerbach grandson of Imrei Bina, letter by rabbis of the rabbinical court: Rabbi Yaakov son of Rabbi Moshe and Rabbi Avraham son of Rabbi Tuviah, along with a stamp of the rabbinical court. Jerusalem, Elul 1886. Content of letter indicates that it was sent to residents of London. 29.5 cm. leaf. Fair condition, slight damage and stains. Cut on margins with damage to the ornamented frame. Yiddish and Hebrew. This single leaf is not listed by S. HaLevi, in her book on early Jerusalem printings.

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Shiviti for hanging in the synagogue. Printed micrography made by Nechemia Meisner of Pápa, Hungary. Eretz Israel or Hungary, [30/40s]. Facsimile of the micrography made in Hungary in October 1936. Geometric decorations, Stars of David, Menorah and lions. The text is composed of verses, prayer sections, Kabalistic letter combinations and Holy Names. On the bottom: "I have written this in memory of my uncle who pursued charity and chesed, Ya'akov Eisen, Nechamia Meisner of Pápa, 28th of Tishrei 1936". Some of the decorations are hand-painted. 49X63.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Tear to top of leaf. Few stains. Slight wear.

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Collection of printed and handwritten prayer leaves: • Typewritten leaf, Minyan Hoffman -Yom Kippur 1944, with prayer times for Yom Kippur and the Selichot to say during Shacharit, Mussaf and Mincha. • Cardboard plaque, blessings for kindling Chanuka lights and the piyut Ma'oz Tzur, with Dutch translation. Published by Keren HaTorah of Agudat Yisrael, Veenendaal, Holland branch, [first half of 20th century]. • Similar plaque published by Keren HaTorah in a different format with instructions solely in Dutch. • Printed cardboard cards with the E-l Male Rachamim and Tashlich prayers. One from London, one from Paris (published by Chevra Kaddisha) and one from Frankfurt am Main. Three more from an unidentified place (two have an illustration of The Binding of Isaac). • Handwritten leaf, in a long narrow format, with the Prayer for Rain. Square letters with vowels. • Handwritten leaf, list of Selichot for Shacharit, Mussaf and Mincha. • Printed leaf in a long narrow format, Selichot for Yom Kippur - piyutim said on Yom Kippur. Hamburg (Germany), [beginning of 20th century]. 12 items. Varied size and condition.

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Colorful printed paper cards with the 13 Attributes of Mercy and Seder Tashlich, apparently distributed during the Tashlich prayer on the second day of Rosh HaShana. Various communities in Germany, the 20th century. Nine cards from Frankfurt am Main. Two cards printed in Breslau, published by Tzeirei Agudat Yisrael. One card from Hamburg [on the reverse side is also the blessing for children on Erev Yom Kippur]. A card printed in Kassel and another from somewhere else in Germany [on the bottom is a New Year blessing in Hebrew and German]. Most have frames in the shape of the Two Tablets of Law, some cut according to the shape of the frame. Total of 14 paper cards. Varying condition, good-fair. Stains, tears and restoration with adhesive tape.

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• Shtar Tena'im, signed by the groom and parents of the bride and groom, the witnesses and the city rabbi, Rabbi "Menachem Mendel ben Yosef HaCohen of the Praszka community". Bytom (Upper Selsia), Elul 1802. 36 cm. Thick paper, fair condition, stains and wear damage. Government stamps. • Shtar Tena'im Achronim, [Shtar drawn on the wedding day or close to the date of the wedding], with detailed obligations [kest] of supporting the newly married couple during their first year of marriage. Witnesses' signatures. Bytom, Elul, 1803. 31 cm. Thick paper, fair condition, stains and wear damage.

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Collection of printed Ketubot, and Chalitza bills by the brothers of the groom, Frankfurt am Main. Completed and signed forms for marriage in the cities of Giessen and Butzbach in Germany, from 1874-1877. One Ketubah completed for a marriage in the city of Giessen in 1909. 6 leaves (4 Ketubot and two Chalitza bills), 30-34 cm. Varied condition, good to fair, damages to leaf margins, some with lack to the adorned frame.

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Get for an Arusa (divorce document for a fiancée), written for "Chaim ben Moshe" and his Arusa Miriam. Constantinople, Adar Aleph 1853. On the reverse side of the Get is an inscription written a year later in the handwriting and with the signature of Rabbi Natan Amram, Rabbi of Thebes (Alexandria, Egypt): "In the past, this Get has reached my hands and did not have a tear of the Beit Din...on the seventh day of the month of Nisan 1854, Natan Amram" [curly signature in Latin letters]. This inscription was to prevent improper use of this Get which did not have a tear of the Beit Din [which indicates that the Get was delivered in accordance with Jewish law]. The famous Torah genius Rabbi Natan Amram (1791-1871), author of Kinyan Perot and Kinyan HaGuf and Noam HaMidot, was born in Damascus to Rabbi Chaim Amram, author of Mi'ta'am HaMelech. In 1805, he ascended with his father to Safed and from 1826, he began to make rounds as a Shadar (emissary) of the Tiberias and Hebron Kollelim, first in Thebes (Alexandria) Egypt and afterward also throughout the Jewish communities of Turkey and Greece. During the years he served as emissary, he printed some of his own books and his father's books. Finally, he returned to Egypt and after the death of Rabbi Yisrael Moshe Chazan in 1863, he was appointed his successor as Av Beit Din in Thebes. 31 cm. Thin paper, good-fair condition. Stains, tiny moth holes. Folding marks and wear.

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Tena'im renewal contract (Shtar), arranged between Rabbi Moshe ben Rabbi Shmuel Koriat and wife Chefziba daughter of Rabbi David Chasan. Tetouan (Morocco), 1855. Arrangement of the estate after death of one of the parties, in case that they will not have children: "At present, they have not been blessed with children, G-d should grant them... and were concerned lest they will not merit children... and since they live in love and harmony... and the [mentioned] wife is his sister's daughter...". The parties annul the original ketubah which was arranged as 'custom of expelled Jews' [custom originating from Jews expelled from Spain who arrived in North Africa] and stipulate new conditions. Signed by two Tetouan scholars: Rabbi Avraham Anhori (Malchei Rabanan, Leaf 14/2) and Rabbi Reuven Elmaliach (Malchei Rabanan, Leaf 104/2). Leaf, 28.5 cm. Good condition, stains, folding marks and several tears.

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A Colorful ketubah in the form of a pamphlet. Written section by section on five pages [!] on high-quality paper. Adorned with gold, silver and other colors. Signatures of witnesses and Rabbis. Tehran (Persia), Cheshvan 1920. 6 illustrated pages, approximately 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and detached leaves. Wear damage to margins. Stains. Original velvet binding, damaged.

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Birat Migdal Oz, Birkot Shamayim, Part 3 of the Siddur by Rabbi Ya'akov Emden. Berdychiv, 1836. Second edition, with approbations by Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin and Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl. Part 3 of Siddur Paltin Beit El, arranged by Rabbi Ya'akov Emden, Altona 1745-1747 (No other parts were printed in Berdychiv). This part has Seder Brit Milah, laws and customs from a person's birth until his death, methods of education, laws of Issur and Heiter, ethics, philosophy etc. [3], 4-34, 37-362, [2] leaves. Approximately 18 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and restored moth damage. Ancient owner's signature "Baruch". Rare, includes 2 leaves - a list of corrections which does not appear in the Bibliography Institute CD and which is not at all extant.

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Siddur for everyday use and for festivals, according to the Sephardic custom. Amsterdam, [1739]. Particularly miniature edition. Composed of two parts. Part 1 for every day and Shabbat use. Part 2 (with separate title page) for festivals. On the reverse side of title page, the publisher, Naftali Hertz HaLevi writes, "In Amsterdam, I have seen a miniature siddur with small lettering without vowels, and youngsters cannot read the text when praying. I felt their discomfort and have printed this siddur... in the smallest volume ever printed in thin small letters with new and attractive vowels...". Handsome copy with original elaborate binding. 318 leaves. 6 cm. Very good condition. Few stains. Gilded edges. Minor damages to binding. See the Bibliography Institute CD, Listing 0306843 for differences among the various copies of this siddur.

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Seder Meah Brachot - Blessings, prayers and piyutim, including the Seder Hagaddah of Pesach. Amsterdam, 1688. Albertus Magnus printing. Approbation by Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav, Rabbi Ya'akov Sasportas and Rabbi Shlomo Di Olivera. Includes the version of Eruvei Chatzerot, Tavshilin and Techumin, Kiddush for Shabbat and Festivals, Hatavat Chalom, Hatarat Nedarim, Tikun Chanuka, laws and customs, Birkot HaNehenin, blessings for betrothal and marriage, circumcision of convertsand slaves, blessing on purchase of slaves, Pidyon Haben, Pidyon HaKerem, Tefillat HaDerech, siyum of a tractate, blessings to be recited at various times and places, prayers for the sick and for woman at birth, change of name, Tahara of the dead, Hashkavot, "Hashkava of those who were burnt in the sanctification of G-d's name", [prayer on Anusim who were burnt in the auto-da-fé in Spain Miniature volume. Two title pages, the first title page is illustrated with copper etchings with drawings of the Blessing on the Moon, the blessing on spices (Havdalah), Birkat HaMazon, blessing for shofar blowing and for Brit Milah. The date on this title page is 1687, whereas the date on the second title page is one year later. [4] leaves, 303, 20, [2] pages. (Lacking one page after the two title pages and 4 leaves with charts for calculating Tekufot). Leaves 1-24 of the first numbering were mistakenly bound at the end of the book. 11.5 cm. Good-fair condition. First title page is loose, with restored tears. Stains, moth marks. Tear with lack to one leaf. New binding. Handwritten signature and glosses. Very rare. Not listed in Otzar HaHagadot and in Ya'ari.

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Siddur Mibracha, according to the custom of the Italian communities, brachot and piyutim for various occasions, Passover Haggadah. Ferrara, 1693. Birkat HaMazon, piyutim and songs for Shabbat and Motza'ei Shabbat, Passover Haggadah, Kiddush for festivals, Seder Brit Milah, Pidyon HaBen, Hatavat Chalom, Tefillat HaDerech, etc. Includes piyutim by Italian Torah scholars. This edition has the addition of two piyutim by the Mekubal Rabbi Yitzchak Berachya of Pano. All the pages are bordered with frames. The Passover Haggadah has illustrations of Matzah and Maror. 59. 40-121, 123-129, 151-152, 154-159, [2], 138-161 pages. 13.5 cm. Good condition. Stains (title page has many stains). Few tears. Moth marks to some leaves. Artistic restoration of leaves. New leather binding. From the collection of Moshe Ya'ari.

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Prayers for fast days, according to the custom of the Sephardic communities. Prayers, lamentations and Torah readings for fast days throughout the year. Amsterdam, [1726]. Handsome copy in good condition. The haftarah for Tisha B'Av has a Spanish translation after each verse. Ancient leather binding, with handsome impression of gilded decorations and the name of the owners: "Natan bar Moshe Di Fris". Has original metal clasps. 126 leaves. 16 cm. High-quality paper. Few stains, most pages are clean. Moth marks to several leaves. Leaves 18-23 are detached. Minor damages to binding.

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Seder tefillot, "According to the Ashkenazi Holy Community with many innovations". Prayers for every day, Shabbat and Festivals. Venice, [1755]. Pocket edition. 39, 41-144 leaves. 11 cm. Good condition. Stains. Moth holes to several leaves. New binding. Bibliographically unknown. Not listed in the Bibliography Institute CD and not in the JNUL.

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Arrangement of prayers according to the customs of Ashkenaz and Poland. Prayers for the entire year, Shabbat, festivals and Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur with Birkot HaNehenin, Torah portions, Selichot, Hosha'anot, piyutim, Tractate Avot, Psalms, Techinot, etc. With German and Yiddish translation. Offenbach, [1822]. On title page is the emblem of the printers, R' Zvi Hirsh Segal Shpitz and his son R' Avraham. Separate title page for the book of Psalms (dated 1806). On the last leaf, a handwritten list of deaths and births. [2], 238, 36, 33-136, 36, 8; 116, 16 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Several detached leaves. Stains and wear. Without binding.

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Biblia Sacra, Bible in six languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, German and French. Nuremberg, 1599. Five books of Moses, Joshua, Judges and Ruth. No other books. A column of the Hebrew text next to columns of translation (six columns each spread). The Greek translation is the Septuagint, the Latin translation is from the Vulgate Bible and the German translation is by Luther. The Hebrew text is from the Bible printed in Hamburg (1588) edited by Hutter, with the root letters in normal font and the other letters hollow. [2], 287; 851; 319 pages. 36.5 cm. High-quality paper, good condition, stains, moth marks and tears to several leaves. New binding.

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Bible with hollow letters. Köln, 1603. Title page and introduction in Latin. According to the Bible editions printed in Hamburg in 1587-1603, where the root letters appeared in regular fonts and the other letters were printed in a hollow font. The root letters were added in tiny font above each word. [7], 1135; [1], 1140- 1572 pages. Approximately 39 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and minor damages, restored missing parts in first title page and in several leaves. Many Latin inscriptions and owners' inscriptions from various times. Wooden binding covered with ancient leather with renewed back.

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Ezrat HaSofer, Tikun Sofrim Vavei Ha'Amudim [Five Books of the Torah, with Haftarot]. With Or Torah glosses by Rabbi Menachem Di Lunzano "It is proper to study and use for copying a Sefer Torah". Amsterdam, [1767-1769]. The book was intended to be used by scribes as a model for writing a Sefer Torah [according to the custom called Vavei Ha'Amudim, each column of the Sefer Torah starts with the letter Vav]. Printed that year in two editions, this is the edition with vowels, te'amim and numbering of the verses and chapters. Shirat HaYam was designed according to the manner it is written in a Sefer Torah and therefore it was printed on wider pages folded inside the book. The leaf before the title page is illustrated in the first volume with the date 1769. The rest of the title pages are dated 1767. Separate title pages for the section of Haftarot in each volume with the date 1778. This is a slightly different copy from what is listed in the Bibliography Institute. Printed at the end of Devarim are the Leap Year Calendars (separate title page) - calendar leaves for fixing festivals (Hebrew and Spanish). The book Me'ir Netiv - on the Holy Names and mundane names in a Sefer Torah is also printed at the end of Devarim and not at the beginning of Bereshit [as well as the poems praising the book and its editor]. The Haftarah of Shabbat Eichah is printed with a Spanish translation, verse per verse. 5 volumes, 19 cm. Bereshit: [1], 65; 26 leaves. Shemot: 66-121; [2], 28 leaves. Vayikra: 122-163; [2], 24 leaves. Bamidbar: 164-221; [2], 16 leaves. Devarim: 222-290, [12] leaves. [4] leaves of approbations and the introduction to the first part were mistakenly bound between the page of the haftarot of Sefer Bamidbar. Fancy set, with original bindings, gilded impressions with the acronyms of the owner's name. Gilded edges. Fabric bookmarks. Most of the leaves are in good condition, few stains. Sefer Bereshit has moisture stains.

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Full set of Babylonian Talmud, with all the commentaries, "As printed earlier in Slavita and in Vilna". Reduced format edition (each page of the regular editions is divided into two pages). Lemberg, 1860. Printed by the partners Rabbi Yissachar Beck and Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Menkish. Includes Hilchot Rav Alfas, on 17 tractates, (some were bound together with the Talmud and some separately). Many signatures and ownership inscriptions of Rabbi "Zvi Hirsh [HaCohen] Brecher" from the city of Sloboda. 29 volumes, approximately 21-22 cm. Varying condition, wear, foxing. Original leather adorned bindings, most with new gluing on spine.

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Full set of the Tur, with Bayit Chadash. Choshen Mishpat also includes Beit Yisrael (Prisha V'Drisha). Frankfurt am Main, 1712-1715. First edition of Prisha V'Drisha on Choshen Mishpat. Approbation by Rabbi Shmuel Shatin - the Maharshashach. On all title pages appear signatures of Rabbi "Yuzpa Cohen" and signatures of "Shlomo M'Dubno". Rabbi Shlomo of Dubno (1739-1813), disciple of Rabbi Shlomo of Chelm, author of Mirkavat HaMishna, published many books, both his own and books written by others. Famous for knowledge of the wisdom of scriptures, mesorah and Hebrew grammar. During the time he stayed in Vilna, the Vilna Gaon asked him to investigate the masoret of Nevi'im and Ketuvim (petuchot, setumot chaserot and yeterot) - see testimony of Rabbi Pesach Pinfer of Vilna (in his article in Beit Va'ad LaChachamim, 1902 and in his book Masoret HaTorah V'Hanevi'im, Vilna 1906). He was one of the editors of the "commentary" by Moshe Mendelssohn on Bereshit, but when he realized Mendelssohn's reform intentions, he left him and published Chumashim on his own. He received approbations for publishing these Chumashim from the leading Torah scholars of his times (Rabbi Shmuel Rabbi of Vilna; Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, Rabbi Zelmele of Volozhin, disciples of the Vilna Gaon; Torah leaders of Vilna, Shklov and Slotzk, the Kloiz in Brod; rabbis of Lvov, Berlin, Frankfurt etc. (The notebook of signatures was publicized by Rabbi Kamenetsky in Yeshurun 8-10, ibid). Possibly, the signature "Yuzpa Cohen" belongs to Rabbi Yuzpa Cohen, disciple of Chacham Zvi and Rabbi David Oppenheim, whose responsa was printed in Nishal David responsa, Yoreh De'ah Siman 2. [Other Torah scholars in those generations were called Yuzpa Cohen as well, and we have no definite identification]. 5 volumes, 32-33 cm. Good to fair condition, stains, wear and moth damage. On one title page, the signatures are hidden under paper pasting. Ancient parchment bindings, varying conditions. Orach Chaim is lacking back cover.

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Shulchan Aruch, Part 4 - Choshen Mishpat, with Be'er HaGola by Rabbi Moshe Ravkash. Amsterdam, 1664. First edition of the famous work by Rabbi Moshe Ravkash, "Be'er HaGola" which reveals the source of the laws and rulings in the Shulchan Aruch. Rabbi Moshe Ravkash (1600-1684) a renowned Lithuanian Torah scholar, grandfather of the Vilna Gaon. Served as Rabbi of Vilna. In 1655, after Bohdan Khmelnytsky and his Cossacks ravaged Vilna, he escaped the city and reached Amsterdam and Rotterdam. There he was recognized by the Dutch printers Efraim Bo'ino and Ya'akov Castilo and they asked him to proofread the edition of the Shulchan Aruch they were about to publish. Rabbi Moshe's composition Be'er HaGola was attached to this edition printed between 1661-1664 and since then has become one of the most important commentaries on the Shulchan Aruch and is printed in every edition of the Shulchan Aruch until today. 486 leaves. 15 cm. Stains. Moth damage. Loose leaves. Leather binding, damages. Gilt impression of decorations and owner's name: "Refael Nissim Toronto", with the year"5630" [1870]. Later signature in pen.

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Darkei No'am responsa, Rabbi Mordechai HaLevi Av Beit Din in Egypt. With a pamphlet written by his son Rabbi Avraham HaLevi. Venice, 1697. First edition. Bragadin printing. On verso of title page is an illustration of Tzurat HaBayit. On the leaf before title page is a signed ownership inscription, handwritten at time of printing: "I bought this from Rabbi Ya'akov of Lublin, Avraham Tiktin". 282, 41 leaves. 29 cm. Good condition, stains and minor damage, detached title page, parchment binding torn and damaged.